The couple – who already have a 14-month-old biological daughter, Shiloh, and three adopted children, six-year-old Cambodian boy Maddox, Vietnamese son Pax Thien, three, and two-year-old Ethiopian girl Zahara – are said to have decided to start trying for another child.

A source said: “They’ve decided the time is right to try for another baby. Brad is crossing his fingers that it will be a boy.”

To give themselves the best possible chance of conceiving, Brad, 43, has been reading a number of health books and is cooking Angelina, 32, fertility boosting meals.